Don't worry...she's OK! It was more for my piece of mind. She and I were playing on the floor and she was on my back...I was pulling on her arms (NOT hard!!) and then a few minutes later she started crying and would not use her right arm. I looked and it was swollen and she cried any time I touched it. So, what does she do next??? She trips and falls in the kitchen, which, when you fall forward, you land on your arms (instinct). So that's what Mary did; and promptly started screaming. She calmed down and seemed to be ok but just to be sure, she and I went to the pediactric E.R.
She spent the time running around the waiting room climbing on chairs and talking to the fishies as well as anyone else who would listen. She wanted to visit every nook and cranny. Fortunately for me she is quite a doll and talks very well, we just don't know exactly what she says.
After only 2 hours, we were on our way with a diagnosis of "hand-maids elbow" basically little kids' tendons in their elbows aren't too developed (or something similar) so when you pull (even slightly) on their arms, it causes their elbow to become dislocated. Now the theory with Mary is that when she fell in the kitchen, she "relocated" her elbow. Hence, the fact she was pretty much back to normal by the time we actually saw the doc.
After all of that, I am glad to say I got piece of mind because I was sure she had broken something. She is much more adventerous than her brother....and she just goes!!
